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Captured on film: Police shoot black man dead as he surrenders to them

Newly-released footage has revealed the moment a man was shot dead during a police traffic stop in New Jersey as he got out of a car with his hands raised. The footage, captured by a police dashboard camera, shows officers making a traffic stop in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on 30 December. But the situation becomes increasingly tense as one officer warns his partner that he has seen a gun in the glove compartment of the Jaguar car. Officer Braheme Days repeatedly shouts at the passenger “show me your hands!” while warning him not to “reach for something” inside the vehicle.

I’m going to shoot you! You’re going to be dead! If you reach for something, you’re going to be f****** dead!

Police officer Braheme Days

He then appears to reach into the car and remove a gun, but the passenger, Jerame Reid, gets out of the vehicle and is shot several times. Officer Days and his partner have been placed on leave pending a Cumberland County prosecutor’s office investigation. The shooting has sparked protests in Bridgeton and comes after months of demonstrations over the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers in New York and Ferguson, Missouri.

I ain’t got no reason to reach for nothing, bro. I ain’t got no reason to reach for nothing.

Jerame Reid